Structures Team Leader

FM Conway is seeking an experienced Structures Team Leader to join our Consultancy division. This is a senior leadership role for an established structural engineering professional who has successfully led and developed a team, generated new business and managed a profitable area of expertise. You will lead designers and inspectors focused primarily on highway structures, setting the technical and commercial direction of the service, building a strong opportunity pipeline and ensuring projects are delivered safely, successfully and profitably.

You will develop relationships with clients, contractors and colleagues across FM Conway, including Term Maintenance, Structures and Lighting, and turn those relationships into sustainable growth. This is a full-time, permanent position based at our London office.

You will take ownership of the performance and growth of the structures discipline, balancing technical excellence with effective resource planning, strong project controls, new business generation and sustainable profitability.

• Leading, developing and performance-managing a team of structural designers and inspectors, building capability, planning resources, supporting succession and promoting continuous improvement and professional growth
• Developing excellent and effective collaborative relationships with key stakeholders and external providers
• Overseeing the planning, designing, and delivery of highway structures projects, ensuring adherence to schedules, budgets, and quality standards
• Owning monthly programme and financial performance, including workload forecasting, resource utilisation, project margins and corrective action to keep the structures discipline on plan and profitable
• Building trusted client relationships, communicating delivery progress and identifying opportunities for repeat work, cross-selling and new commissions
• Preparing reports, drawings, schedules, bills of quantities, cost estimates and other documents in accordance with local procedures
• Managing the commercial performance of the discipline, with accountability for budgets, forecasting, utilisation, project margins, fee recovery and sustainable profitability
• Working across FM Conway to identify integrated opportunities and develop compelling multidisciplinary solutions for clients

We are looking for a Structures Team Leader who is a Member of the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), a Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), or holds equivalent professional status. You will have significant structural engineering experience and a proven record of leading, developing and performance-managing a team of engineers or inspectors. You must also be able to demonstrate success in generating new business, building client relationships, leading bids or fee proposals, and managing the commercial performance of a technical discipline or portfolio, including budgets, forecasting, utilisation, project margins and profitability.

Experience working with local government and private-sector clients is required, together with a good working knowledge of different contract types, including NEC
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As our
Structures Team Leader
, we will offer you a range of fantastic benefits including career and professional development, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company bonus, life assurance, pension contribution and opportunities for internal and external training and access to a wide range of shopping discounts through our Rewarding Great People platform. We will also offer you a range of health and well-being benefits including 24-hour advice lines, and support from our in-house…